ENL/ESL License

Are you ready to expand your impact in today's diverse classroom? Our English as a New Language/English as a Second Language license prepares educators to deepen their understanding of classroom diversity and gives them tools to help students from different backgrounds succeed. A teacher may be licensed after completing 15 hours and passing the required state exams. Kentucky teachers need to complete the 24-hour program to be eligible for a Rank 1.

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIANA – 15 CREDIT HOURS

For an ENL/ESL license in Indiana, candidates must complete 15 credit hours of required coursework.

The course provides an overview of various approaches to instruction and assessment that incorporate the current thinking in the field. Includes discussion of content-based models of language instruction and standardized, alternative, and authentic forms of assessment. (IUB course)

The aims of the class are to provide teachers with an understanding of areas in the English language that could be problematic to English language learners (ELLs), and to assist teachers in modifying instruction to address the problems. (IUB course)

Explores the linguistic and cognitive dimensions of language as they relate to the teaching of reading. Discusses relationships among the systems of language and among the various expressions of language. Always includes topics on pragmatics, semantics, grammar, and dialect. (IUB course)

A local supervised laboratory field experience in Education for graduate students, which includes observation (1 cr.) and teaching (2 cr.).

EDUC-M 501

Laboratory/Field Experience in ESL (Teaching in local settings)

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RANK 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR KENTUCKY – 24 CREDIT HOURS

In addition to the required courses for Indiana teaching licensure, those seeking rank 1 in Kentucky must take 3 additional courses from the following options (9 credit hours). Teachers must be licensed in Indiana before adding endorsement to Kentucky license.

Current trends and issues in the teaching of writing to ESL/EFL students. Focus on the development and evaluation of techniques and materials for classroom instruction with an emphasis on the analysis of student writing and troubleshooting common problems. (IUB course)

Upgrade to a master's degree

You can choose to add your ENL/ESL course work to your master’s degree (MSED) as a concentration, and opt for the ENL/ESL concentration.

Admission Process

The ENL/ESL License Program features a rolling application process.

Attend a mandatory program advising session.

Complete online application. A $40 application fee is assessed when applying to program. If a previous application fee was paid the fee should be waived. To determine if fee is to be waived, please contact Mary Ann Wild, Records Specialist at mwild@ius.edu or (812) 941-2388.

On the Uploads Tab, upload a brief statement as to your professional motivations for pursuing this license. Also, state 3 goals of pursuing your license in ENL/ESL at the bottom of this statement/document and address the SOE dispositions in the statement.

Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A 2.5 GPA for all undergraduate coursework, 3.0 GPA for all graduate coursework must be reflected on all transcripts.

Also on the Uploads Tab, upload a copy of current teaching license or statement of eligibility. (Emergency license not acceptable.)

NOTE: Clinical experience may take place locally or through a study abroad option in Ecuador.

A two-year gap in coursework will require a new application for re-admission into any graduate program, and a mandatory meeting with a program advisor. The re-admitted candidate must then comply with any new program requirements, if any.

Summer Session 1: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.

Summer Session 2: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.

Fall: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.

Spring: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.

Advising

Dr. Donna Albrecht, program advisor, will be conducting general advising sessions and licensing-related advising meetings. Please contact her at dalbrec@iu.edu for more information. Check here for advising session dates.

All candidates pursing the M.S.Ed. with concentration in ENL/ESL, or a stand-alone ENL/ESL license must meet with Dr. Donna Albrecht, dalbrec@iu.edu, in order to fully understand the requirements and the process, and to plan the tentative calendar for their course.

Candidates getting ready to finalize the program and needing clinical placements MUST CONTACT DR. DONNA ALBRECHT FOR THEIR CLINICAL PLACEMENT: PRE-REQUISITES, REGISTRATION IN M501 AND PLACEMENTS.